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Cf. VII 18.-According to the second statement the annihilation of karman gained by supporting the body of a pious man (căritra-kāyôpaştambhāt, Abhay.) is greater than the bad karman resulting from the harm done to the living beings (jiva-ghātāt) [that are in impure food).
2 (374a) [No dialogue.] If a monk (niggantha) who is given two up to ten lumps of food (pinda) or pieces of equipment--viz alms-bowl, brush, hand-broom, cache-sexe (cola-patta), woollen cloth (kambala), staff (latthi), litter (samthāraga)-only one of which is destined for him, the rest being destined for his superiors (thera), does not find his superiors, he must put these things aside on a solitary and clean spot.
3 (375a) A monk (niggantha) or a nun (othi) commits some fault during his ~ her begging-tour, peregrination or sojourn in a village and immediately feels regret and penitence about it and sets out to confess it to his ~ her superior (thera, pavattini). The superiors, however, or the monk ~ nun become unable to speak (amuha) or die before or when they meet; consequently confession is impossible. In such cases of vis major the monk nun still is loyal (ārāhaya), because the action that is being performed equals the completed action'. Illustrations of this tenet: cutting and burning a hair etc., throwing a new (... tantugaya, see VI 31) cloth into a tub of Indian madder (manjitthā).
amuha = 'amukhāḥ' nirvācaḥ syur vāt'ādi-doşāt, Abhay. On death making confession impossible Abhay. quotes a gāhā.—chijjamāṇe chinne etc.: see I ul.
4 (376b) Of a burning lamp and of a burning house only the light or fire (joi : agni, Abhay.) actually burns (jhiyāi).
5 (376b) The number of actions (kiriyā, viz kāiyā k. etc. in III 31a) one soul (jīve), the souls in general (jīvā) and HAMG may commit with regard to the five bodies (orāliya- etc.) of one (-sarīrão) or several (-sarīrehimto) beings. **
Abhay, makes quotations from Pannav.
7. ADATTA.
1 (379a) In the sanctuary Guņasilaya near Rāy. annautthiyas argue with the Elders, Mv.'s disciples (antevāsī therā bhagavanto, ref. to II 55). a. The dissidents accuse the Elders of lack of
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